Prague, Czech Republic, November 6, 2008 — JetBrains®, creators of
intelligent, productivity-enhancing
tools for software developers, have announced the general availability of the new
version of its advanced,
developer-centric Java IDE, IntelliJ® IDEA 8.

Since its inception, IntelliJ IDEA has been setting new standards for what a
developer-centric IDE should be
like. Be it desktop applications, web applications, or huge enterprise solutions,
everything you need is
right at your fingertips, providing the most intuitive and efficient way to achieve your
objectives.

Even as IntelliJ IDEA integrates the widest range of modern tools, frameworks and
technologies, with version
8 you can make it as lightweight as you want. It is easily tuned to your specific needs
and never overloads
you with functionality you don't need at the moment.

The new release also takes the next evolutionary step by providing web, enterprise, and
client-server
programmers with out-of-the-box functionality for building, running, and maintaining SQL
queries ? an
essential part of DB-based application development. This functionality is now fully
supported within the
core of the IDE, tightly integrated into your Java code and the persistence
environment.

Version 8 breaks more new ground by utilizing the JetBrains IDE platform. This all-new
platform is also the
base for two stand-alone Ruby and Python IDEs that JetBrains plans to release in the
coming months.

"Although IntelliJ IDEA has grown a lot during the recent years and added support for
many frameworks and
languages, at the heart it remains a code-centric IDE. This has always been our main
focus, and this is what
we believe to be a natural approach to developing even complex applications with
pleasure,"
said Max Shafirov, IntelliJ IDEA project lead. "We are confident that this update
will not only delight
our current customers, but will also help spread the appeal of IntelliJ IDEA to a wider
audience."

The key features and advantages of IntelliJ IDEA 8 include:

New SQL support, which allows editing database scripts and running queries right in
the IDE, with a full
range of coding assistance features for several SQL dialects.

Many core Java features added, including 7 new refactorings, many new code
inspections, new tools for
working with unit tests, innovative features such as even smarter code completion
and the "Dataflow to
This" feature, and more.

Significant performance boost across the product, including reduced startup times,
faster project
builds, and version control updates.

Other release highlights include:

UML-like class diagrams for exploring the code structure visually

Support for the new Seam framework from JBoss

Built-in debuggers for JavaScript and Flex

Improved Maven support, with repository browser and archetypes support

FreeMarker and Velocity template languages, with full coding assistance in embedded
HTML and CSS code

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